Cash-register.



PATENTED OCT. 25, 1904.

F. G. OSBORN.

CASH REGISTER.

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CASH REGISTER.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 18, 1898.

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No. 773,096. PATENTED OCT. 25, 1904. F. C. OSBORN.

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PATENTED OCT. 25, 1904.

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CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, 1898.

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UNITED STATES Patented October 25, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS C OSBORN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS-SIGNMENTS, TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEWJERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CASH-REGISTER.-

SPECIFICATION forming-part of Letters Patent No. 773,096,11ated. October25, 1904.

Application filed November 18, 1898. Serial No. 696,760. (No model.)

To (I/ZZ whom, it may concern:

ful improvements in cash-registers, which im.

provements are especially adapted for use in connection withcash-registers of the type invented by me and forming the subject ofpatents and applications.

The present improvements are designed to increase the efficiency andsimplify the construction of cash-registers.

In my improved cash-registers as they have been heretofore constructed astationary till was employed having a movable cover adapted to discloseor conceal the till. ment of this cover operated a tablet-elevating barby means of which any tablet or indicating-rod corresponding to adepressed key would be moved into an exposed position. With the devicesheretofore invented by me the exposed tablets are returned to theconcealed or unexposed position upon the depression of any key, thelatter operating a universal bar connected with the tablet-locking bar.

In my present improvements I provide for the release of an exposedtablet, whereby it may be moved to a concealed position by the movementof a part independent of the key and operating subsequently to the keymovement, which part is preferably the movable till-cover. When,therefore, a key is depressed, it may be returned to its former positionwithout the tripping of an exposed tablet, and by reason of thisconstruction it will in consequence be possible in case an erroneous keyis depressed to return that key and to depress the correct key withoutin any way obliterating the indication of the preceding sale. WVith mydevices as heretofore constructed the depression of a key released theexposed tablet or tablets, so that in case a key is erroneously orinadvertently depressed the The moveindication of the preceding sale isobliterated. When the machine is so constructed that the exposed tabletswill be released by the movement of the till-cover, as is preferable,the parts will be so proportioned that theexposed tablets will bereleased immediately after the till-cover has commenced to move and whenthe latter is prevented from returning to its closed position unless afull stroke thereof is made, the release of the exposed tablets takingplace also previously to the engagement of the tablet-elevating bar withthe tablet or indicating rod or rods which may have been operated by thedepressed key or keys, whereby in case a key corresponding to an exposedtablet is depressed the said exposed tablet may be allowed to drop uponthe preliminary movement of the'till-cover and will then be immediatelyengaged by the tablet-elevating bar and moved and returned again to itsexposed position.

In my present improvements I also provide a novel form of trappingmechanism for maintaining the operated keys in their depressed or otheractive position, whereby the corresponding tablet rod or bar will bemaintained in position to be engaged by the tablet-elevating bar. Whenthis mechanism is used in connection with a cash-register of the Osborntype, the keys will be untrapped or released from their depressedposition when the till-cover is completing the final stages of itsopening movement and after the tabletelevating bar has engaged with theproper tablet or tablets. The trapping mechanism which I have inventedis simple in its construction and operates to lock the keys positivelyin their inactiveor active positions.

My improved cash-register, in common with most of the cash-registerswithwhich I am familiar, makes use of a universal bar arranged inconjunction with the keys and adapted to be depressed upon'the movementof a key to unlock the till-cover or moneydrawer. Since the keys projectthrough slots or openings in the casing of the register,

there is possibility in previous machines of the till-cover beingdishonestly opened by the introduction of a thin implement through the lmeans of which it may be indicated if the lid opening or slot and bywhich the universal bar which controls the lock for the till-casing ormoney-drawer may be operated without the effecting of the properregistration.

My present improvements contemplate the employment of devices carried bythe keys and effectively concealing the universal bar which operates thelock for the till-cover or money-drawer whereby the said bar cannotpossibly be operated in any other way than by the depression of a key.These devices in their preferred form comprise a shield carried by eachof the keys, the said shields overlapping the shields of adjacent keysso as to form an impassable barrier between the said universal bar andthe slots or openings in which the keys are located.

My present improvements also contemplate the provision of a flash-blindby means of which upon the depression of a key a light screen will bemoved to conceal any tablet or tablets which may be moved into view, thesaid shield also concealing the exposed tablets when the latter aretripped by the operation of a device independent of the keys, as ispreferable. This flash-blind is withdrawn from position to conceal thetablets by the movement of a device independent of the keys andoperating subsequent to the key movement to complete the operation,either to disclose the till by the movement of its cover or by theopening of the money-drawer or to cffeet a proper registration orprinting. In my improved type of register this flash-blind is withdrawnfrom position to conceal the tablets by the movement of the till-cover,and in every instance the essential purpose of such a device is tocompel a complete operation of the register, since unless the operationis completed the tablets indicating the sale will not be exposed. I amaware that flash-blinds have heretofore been proposed; but to myknowledge such devices have not been arranged to be moved into positionto conceal a tablet to be exposed upon the depression of the key andreturned so as to expose that tablet by the operation of a deviceindependent of the key and operating subsequently to the key movement.The improved flash-blind mechanism which I have invented is simple inconstruction and effective in operation and is particularly adapted foruse in connection with cash registers of the Osborn type. Preferably thebell mechanism cooperates with the flash-blind devices, whereby upon thedepression of the key and the immediate subsequent movement of theflash-blind the bell will be sounded. This enables me to somewhatsimplify the mechanism.

My present improvements also contemplate important changes in thelocking mechanism for the lid which normally conceals the register.These lids have heretofore been pro vided with a small independentregister by has been moved or tampered with by an unauthorized person.Heretofore it has been proposed to operate the lid-register by themovement of the lid itself or by the movement of the key by which thelid will be normally locked. \Vith the first type of device there ispossibility of the connection between the movable lid and its registerbeing tampered with, while with the latter devices it is alwaysnecessary that the locking-key shall be available.

In my present improvements I arrange to operate the lid-register by aseparate latch, which requires to be moved before the lid can be openedand which will effect a registration of its movement. This latch will beprovided with a suitable lock operating in conjunction therewith and bymeans of which the latch may be locked when desired in its lockingposition. \Vith this device, therefore, it is not necessary to keep theregister lid locked at all times, as it may be simply latched, beingthus always available for opening, although each opening movement, orrather the preceding operation of the latch, will be indicated on theregister.

My improved cash-register also includes various improvements in thedetails of construction and arrangement, which will be more fullyhereinafter described and claimed. While these details, as well as theimportant features of the device, are especially adapted for use inconnection with the cash-registers which I have invented, they may beemployed in other forms of cash-registers and analogous devices.

In the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification, 1illustrate my present improvements in connection with a cash-register ofthe Osborn type, illustrating in each instance What I deem thepreferable form of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view with the front of the casingremoved; Fig. 2, a vertical section through one of the keys andtablet-rods; Fig. 3, a vertical section taken at one side of the machineto illustrate the mechanism for tripping and resetting the flash-blind;Fig. 4:, a vertical section taken at the other side of the machine,illustrating the mechanism for operating the tablet-locking bar by themovement of the till-cover; Fig. 5, a detail view of several of thekeys, illustrating the shields; Fig. 6, a rear elevation of a portion ofthe casing-front, illustrating the latch and lid-register; Fig. 7,asection through the lid and casing-front, and Fig. 8 a detail view ofthe latch.

In all of the above views corresponding parts are represented by thesame numerals of reference.

The cash-register illustrated in the drawings is in many respectssimilar to the cashregisters which I have heretofore invented,

. 8, sliding in guides 9 9, which bars are connected at their upper endsby a tablet-elevating bar 10, made, essentially, right angular incross-section.

11 11 represent the keys, mounted side by side on a sleeve 12, carriedon a rod 13. By means of this construction the keys may be all placed onthe sleeve 12 before being assembled in the machine. Each key isprovided with a collar 14 thereon, the collars of the adjacent keysabutting together, so as to occupy the entire length of the sleeve 12and prevent side play. The keys project through and work in slots 15 inthe front 16 of the device and at their forward ends are provided withfinger-pieces 17, by which they may be depressed. The rear end of eachkey is extended to form a curved foot 18, which engages with andoperates the tablet-bars, as will be explained.

In order to trap the keys and to lock them in their uppermost or intheir depressed positions, I make use of the mechanism illustratedparticularly in Fig. 2. Each key is provided with a cast hollow lug 19thereon, in which is mounted a plunger 20, normallymaintained in anelevated position by a spring2l beneath it. The plungers of all the keyscooperate with a bar 22, rigidly connecting the side frames of theregister and provided with an essentially vertical face 23 and anessentially horizontal face 24. The forward end of each of the plungersis provided with two faces and 26 thereon, which engage, respectively,with the surfaces 24 and 23 of the locking-bar 22. In order to allow theplungers 20 to be moved easily with respect to the locking-bar, theinner edge of the latter is preferably faceted, as shown, so as topresent a wider angle to said plunger. It will be seen that each keywill be normally locked in an essentially horizontal or elevatedposition by the engagement of the faces 25 and 23 and will be locked ina depressed position by the engagement of the faces 26 and 24.

Located beneath the keys 11 is a universal bar 27, connected to thelevers 28 at each side of the machine, said levers being mounted on abar 29, extending across the machine, whereby the movement of bothlevers 28 will be the same. Each lever 28is provided with an integralpendent extension 30, having an intur-ned finger 31, adapted to beengaged by a cam-surface 32,form ed on the swinging frames throw thereofis necessary.

pression of a key.

mechanism of any suitable type.

5 of the till-cover, so that when the till-cover is moved downward tothe full extent of its movement the cam-surfaces 32 will engage thefingers 31 to elevate the universal bar 27 returning any key or keyswhich may have been depressed One of the extensions is also providedwith one or more outturned fingers 33 at its lower end, adapted toengage with a locking-lever 34, so as to depress the latter upon thereturn of any one of the keys. The locking-lever is provided with alatchtooth 35, which is adapted to engage with the serratedlocking-plate 36, carried on one of the swinging frames 5, suchengagement looking the till-cover in its closed position. Thelocking-lever 34 isnormally elevated by means of a spring 37. Thetill-cover is preferably provided with a double-acting pawl 38, engaginga rack 39, as is common, whereby a full The universal bar 27 tends to beelevated normally by means of a spring 40.

In order 'to prevent the introduction of a thin instrument through anyof the slots 15 to depress the universal bar 27, and thereby unlock thetill-cover, I provide each key 11 with a curved shield 41 thereon, whichis arranged directly in front of said universal bar. The portions ofeach of these shields on both sides of each key are arranged out ofline,

"whereby the shields of the several keys will overlap and will form apractically continuous barrier in front of the universal bar, so thatthe lock cannot possibly be reached and operated in any other way exceptby the de- For a similar purpose each key-lever may be provided with ashield 42, arranged .to work in front of the slots 15.

Mountedbehind each of the keys is a tablet-bar 43, arranged to travelvertically in a suitable frame and carrying an indicatingtablet 44 atits upper end, said tablet bearing a number or other designating mattercorresponding to the key. Each tablet-bar is pro vided with aspring-actuated arm 45, having a hooked lower end 46 arranged normallyout of the path of movement of the tablet-elevating bar 10. The arms 45are adapted to be engaged by the curved feet 18 of the keys to move thehooks 46 into the path of movement of said tablet-elevating bar, wherebythe tablet-rods thus operated may be moved to expose the tablets 44.Each tablet-rod is also provided with a pawl 47 for operating aregistering In order to lock the tablets in an exposed position when thesame have been moved, I employ a' tabletlocking bar 48, extending acrossthe machinev in frontof the row of tablet-rods. Each tablet-rod isprovided with one or more teeth 49, adapted to engage the tablet-lockingbar. The locking-bar 48 is carried on arms 50, connected to a universalpivot 51,. mounted in the side frames of the machine. Connected to theuniversal pivot 51 at one side of the machine is an arm 52, arrangedbetween the side of the machine and the adjacent swinging frame 5. Thisarm carries near its extremity a pivoted cam-pawl 53, carried on a pin54: and provided with a stud 55, which works in a slot 56, formed insaid arm. Mounted in said slot above the stud 56 is a small spiralspring 57 for holding said stud normally in the bottom of said slot. Theadjacent swinging frame 5 of the till-cover is provided with a stud 58thereon, so arranged as to pass beneath the cam-pawl 53 upon the closingmovement of the cover to elevate said pawl against the tension of thespring 57. When the stud 58 leaves the said pawl in this closingmovement, the inner end of the pawl will be brought to a position belowthe plane of movement of said stud, whereby when the cover is againopened the stud will engage the upper surface of said cam-pawl, so as todepress the arm 52, swinging the universal pivot 51 and withdrawing thetablet-locking bar 48 from its engagement beneath any of the teeth 49 ofthe elevated tablets and allowing the tablets to drop under the tensionof the springs 1 1. (See Fig. 2.) This engagement between the stud 58and the cam-pawl 53 takes place immediately upon the commencement of theopening movement ofthe till-cover. The arm 52 is moved to a normallyelevated position by means of a spring 59.

As I have stated, I prefer to make use in my improved cash-register of aflash-blind adapted to conceal a tablet to be exposed, but to bewithdrawn to expose the said tablet upon the completion of an operationsubsequent to the depression of the keysuch, for example, as themovement of the tillcover thereby compelling the completion of theentire cycle of operations, and the character, construction, andoperation of my improved flash-blind mechanism will be described.

' Mounted on each of the side plates of the machine is a slide 60,adapted to be movable vertically between guides 61 and being held inplace by a cross-strip 62. Each slide is provided with a bent shoulder63 therein adapted to engage a shoulder 64, cast with the sideframe,when the slides have moved to their uppermost position. The slides60 are caused to move simultaneously by being connected with the twoarms 65, secured to the universal pivot-bar 66, extending across themachine. The connection between each arm 65 and its corresponding slide60 is a pin and slot to accommodate the movements. The slides 60 areelevated when released by means of a spring or springs 67 engaging oneor both of the arms 65. One of the slides 60 is provided with a smalllatch 68 thereon by which the slides will be locked in their normallydepressed position to maintain the flashblind concealed. This latch isprovided with an open slot 69, in which a stud 70 works, and with aclosed slot 71, in which works a stud 72. The spring 73 is mounted inthe slot 71, working against the pin 7 2, and tends to maintain thelatch 68 normally in the position shown in Fig: 3. The forward end ofthe latch 68 is inclined downward and rearwardly, as shown. Engagingnormally over the latch 68 is a stud 7 4, carried on an arm 75, whichmay be and preferably is an extension of the arm 28. Then now one of thekeys is depressed to move the universal bar 27,the arm 75 will be moved,withdrawing the stud 74: from the latch 68 to allow the slides 60 to besimultaneously moved upward under the influence of the spring 67. Thenthe slides are moved downward, as will be explained, the latch 68 willengage the stud 74;, and by reason of the inclined forward surface ofsaid latch it will be moved inward to pass beneath said stud to againlock the slides in their depressed position. The slides 60 carry attheir upper ends the flash-blinds 76, which are two parallel strips ofthin material, such as sheet metal, adapted to be elevated to concealthe tablet to be exposed and in the case of the present machine toconceal also the already-exposed tablet, which has not been returned toits unexposed position by the movement of the till cover. It is ofcourse obvious that when the tablets are not observable from both sidesof the machine only one of the flash-blinds 76 need be used to cut offthe view. Obviously the flash blind orblinds require to be moveddownward to allow the elevated tablets to be exposed when the operationof the machine has progressed so far that the cycle of movements must becompleted. The flash-blinds are therefore lowered by a part operatingnot only subsequently to the depression of the key, but alsosubsequently to the preliminary movement of the cover. Preferably thispartis the tablet-elevating bar 10. I therefore arrange a lever 77 withits forward end in the path of movement of a shoulder 78, carried on oneof the slides 8, which lever 77 is connected at its other end to the arm65 by a connecting-arm 79, so that when the tablet-elevating bar 10 ismoved upward the lever 77 will be tilted, drawing down the arm 65,lowering the slides 60 and the flash-blinds 76 and locking the slides bythe engagement of the latch 68 beneath the stud 7 1.

Preferably the device is provided with a bell, which is sounded upon thedepression of a key to indicate to the purchaser that proper recognitionis being taken of his pur chase. A convenient arrangement is to place abell 80 on one of the side frames of the machine between one of theslides 60 and the universal pivot 66 and to carry the hammer 81 of thebell either from said pivot or from the adjacent arm 65, so that thepreliminary movement of the key not only releases the slides 60, but theupward movement of said slides causes the hammer 81 to sound the bell80.

- I have referred herein to the registers which are operated by theupward movement of the tablet-bars, as is very common in this art. Theseregisters are normally concealed by a swinging lid 82, arrangedimmediately over the register-wheels 83 and provided at the lower end ofsaid lid with a finger 84. This finger is adapted to be engaged by alatch 85, carried on a horizontally-sliding bolt 86, mounted in thefront 16 of the casing immediately below the lid 82. The said bolt 86 iscarried in suitable guides 87 on the back of the casing-front and isprovided with a fingerpiece 88, working through a suitable slot 89,formed in said front.

90 is a lock mounted immediately below the bolt 86, said lock beingadapted to be operated by a key introduced in a keyhole 91 in the frontof the machine. The bolt 92 of said lock is adapted to engage a lever93, the upper end of which works in a recess 94:, formed in the bolt 86.It will be observed that when the lock-bolt 92 is withdrawn thelatch-bolt 86 is free to be moved back and forth by the finger-piece 88engaging and disengaging the finger 84 and lockingor unlocking the lid82. When, however, the lock-bolt 92 is thrown, the latch-bolt 86 cannotbe moved, and the lid 82 will thus be locked in its closed position.Furthermore, it will be seen that if the latch 86 is placed in anunlocked position the operation of the lock 90, causing its bolt 92 tobe moved outward, will operatethe lever 93 to shift the latch-bolt 86,and thereby lock the lid 82. The forward end of the latch-bolt 86carries a pawl 94', the end of which is normally impelled downward by aspring 95, working in a recess 96, formed in said bolt. This pawlengages with and operates a set of register-wheels 97 of any suitabletype, return movement of which is prevented by a pawl 98. The wheels oftheregister 97 are observed through an opening 99, formed in the front16 of the register-case.

The operation of the device is as follows: The depression of one of thekeys 11 or the simultaneous depression of a plurality of such keys movesthe universal bar 27 downward, causing the finger or fingers 33 on theextension 30 to engage the lever 34 and withdraw the tooth 35 from theserrated plate 36. This unlocks the cover. The key in moving causes theplunger 20 thereof to be forced inward as it passes the corner of thelocking-bar 22, and after passing said corner the plunger will be movedoutward, whereby the surface 25 thereof will engage with the surface 24of said locking-bar. This engagement will hold the depressed key in thatposition. The movement downward of the universal bar 27 swings the arms28, partially rotating the universal pivot-bar 29 and causing the stud 71 to be withdrawn from the latch 68 of the flash-blind slide 60. Bothflash-blind slides being thus released, the spring 67 elevates the arm65, to

which it is connected, and through the universal pivot-bar 66 the slideswill be elevated, bringing the flash-blind 76 into theline of vision andcutting off the view of the tablet or tablets to be exposed. Thedepression of the key also causes the spring-arm 15 of the correspondingtablet-bar to be moved, carrying the hooked lowerend thereof into thepath of movement of the tablet-elevating bar 10. The till-cover is nowswung open by the handle 4:, moving the swinging plates 5 on theirpivots and elevating the arms 6. The movement of these arms causes theslides 8 to be lifted, carrying the tablet-elevating bar 10 upward intoengagement with the hooks 16 of any tablet-bars which may have beenoperated. The continued movement of the tablet-elevating bar 10 willtherefore elevate all the tablets corresponding to the depressed key orkeys, and said tablet-bars will be elevated until the teeth 49 engageover the tablet-locking bar 18, when they will be held in their exposedposition. As the tablet-elevating bar 10 moves upward the shoulder 78thereof engages the lever 77, tilting the latter and flash-blindsdownward out of view and exposing the elevated tablets. The release ofthe slide 60 by the operation of theuniversal bar 27 under the effect ofthe depressed key causes the hammer 81 to strike the bell and sound thelatter. As the till-cover completes its downward movement thecamsurfaces 32 on the swinging plates 5 engage the fingers 31 of theextensions 30, elevating the universal bar 27 and returning thedepressed key or keys to its or their normal position, in which movementthe plungers 20 of the depressed keys will ride over the corner of thelocking-bar 22 and resume the position shown in Fig. 2, with thesurfaces 26 and 23 in engagement. Upon the return movement of the coverno operation takes place, except, of course, the engagement of thedouble-acting pawl 38 with the rack 39 and of the tooth 35 with theserrated plate 36 to lock the cover in its closed position.

When a second sale is made, a key is depressed and the operationsreferred to are repeated. The preliminary movement of the till-cover,however, causes. the stud 58 to engage the upper surface of the cam-pawl53,

sal pivot 51, and withdrawing the tablet-locking bar 48, whereby thepreviously-exposed tablet or tablets will be returned by the effect ofgravity or the aforesaid spring tension. This returning of an exposedtablet takes place during the time the flash-blinds are elevated and thetablets are concealed from view. Upon the return movement of thetillcover the stud 58 moves beneath the cam-pawl 53, elevating the lockand not in any way affecting the engagement between the tabletlockingbar and any elevated tablet or tabdepressing the arm 52, swinging theuniverand operating the arm 65, carrying the slides lets. \Vhen it isdesired to examine the register-wheels 83 for any purpose, the lock 90is operated, withdrawing the bolt 92 from engagement with the lever 93.The finger-piece 88 may now be moved to disengage the latch 85 from thelinger 84, whereby the lid 82 may be elevated to expose theregister-wheels. In this movement of the latch-bolt 86 the pawl 9& willengage the register-wheels 97, advancing said wheels one step. Ifdesired, the lid 82 may be thus locked by means of the latch 85 alone,since the said latch cannot be operated to unlock the said lid withoutchanging the positions of the register-wheels 97. If the lock-bolt 92 isoperated, when the latch 85 is disengaged from the finger 8% themovement of said lock-bolt forces the lever 93 to one side, therebymoving the latch-bolt 86 and causing the latch Soto engage the saidfinger. In this way it will be impossible to lock the latch 85 in anyother than the proper position thereof.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In a cash-register, the combination with a key, of a tablet, meansoperated by the key to set the tablet for exposure, means for exposingthe tablet, a device for concealing the tablet arranged to be releasedby the key, and means for automatically moving the concealing device toconceal the indicator when it is so released.

2. In a cash-register, the combination with a key and tablet, meansoperated by the key to set the tablet for exposure, means for exposingthe tablet, and means released by the key and automatically operatingafter a partial movement of the key to conceal the tablet.

3. In a cash-register, the combination with a series of keys, of tabletsarranged to be set for operation by said keys, means for moving the settablets to indicating position ind ependently of the keys, a latch forholding the indicators in exposed positions, and means independent ofthe keys for releasing the indicators so that they may return to theirnormal positions.

4:. In a cash-register, the combination with a money-receptacle, a keyand a-tablet,of means operated by the key to allow for the exposure ofsaid tablet, and means controlled by the preliminary exposure of saidmoneyrecep tacle to effect the concealment of said tablet, substantiallyas set forth.

5. In a cash-register, the combination with a money-receptacle, of aseries of keys, a series of tablets arranged to be set for operation bysaid keys, means for raising the tablets to indicating position, adevice for concealing the indicators,and means controlled by themoneyreceptacle for moving the concealing device to expose theindicators.

6. In a cash-register, the combination with a fixed money-receptacle, amovable cover therefor, a key and a vertically-movable tablet, of meanscontrolled by the key for allow ing for the exposure of the tablet, andmeans controlled by said movable cover for concealing the tablet,substantially as set forth.

7. In a cash-register, the combination with a fixed money-receptacle, amovable cover therefor, a key and a vertically-movable tablet, of meanscontrolled by the key and operated by the movable cover for exposing thetablet, and tablet-concealing means controlled by the cover,substantially as set forth.

8. In a cash-register, the combination with a money-receptacle, amovable cover therefor, a key and a tablet, of means controlled by thekey and operated by the movement in one direction of the cover to exposethe tablet, and tablet-concealing means controlled by the same movementof the cover, substantially as set forth.

9. In a cash-register, the combination with a fixed till, a swingingcover, a key and a vertically-movable tablet, of means controlled by thekey and operated by the swinging cover to expose the tablet, andtablet-concealing means controlled by'the cover, substantially as setforth.

10. In a cash-register, the combination with a till, a movable covertherefor, a series of keys and a series of tablets corresponding to thekeys, of means controlled by the keys and operated by the movement inone direction of the cover to expose a tablet, and tablet-concealingmeans controlled by the same movement of the cover, substantially as setforth.

11. In a cash-register, the eombin ation with a stationary till, amovable cover therefor, a key, a vertically-movable tablet and atabletloeking bar, of means controlled by the key and operated by themovable cover for exposing the tablet, and means operated by the coverfor actuating said locking-bar to allow any exposed tablets to beconcealed, substantially as set forth.

12. In aeash-register, the combination with a stationary till, aswinging cover, a key, a vertically-movable tablet and a tablet-lockingbar, of means controlled by the key to allow for the exposure of thetablet, and means controlled by the cover for operating the locking-barto conceal exposed tablets upon the commencement of the movement of saidcover, substantially as set forth.

13. In a cash-register, the combination with a till, a swinging coverkeys, tablets and a locking-bar common to all of said tablets, of an armcarried by said locking-bar, a cam-pawl on said arm, and a stud on thecover for engaging said cam-pawl, substantially as set forth.

let. In a cash-register, the combination with a key, a tablet, aflash-blind, a till and a movable cover, of means operated by the keyfor allowing the flash-blind to conceal the tablet when exposed, andmeans operated by the IIO cover to conceal the flash-blind and exposethe tablet, substantially as set forth.

15. In a cash-register, the combination with a key, a tablet, aflash-blind, a till and a movable cover, of means controlled by the keyfor exposing the flash-blind, and means controlled by the cover forsubsequently concealing the flash-blind and exposing the tablet,substantially as set forth.

16. In a cash-register, the combination with a money-receptacle of akey, a tablet arranged to be set for operation by said key, means formoving the tablet to exposed position independently of the key, andmeans controlled by the initial exposure of the money-receptacle forreturning the tablet to its normal concealed position.

17. In a cash-register, the combination with a key and a tablet, of alocking-bar for the key having two surfaces disposed in differentplanes, and a lock on the key for engaging successively the surfaces ofsaidlocking-bar to hold the key in one or the other of its positions,substantially as set forth.

18. In a cash-register, the combination with a key and a tablet, ofalocking-bar for thekey having two surfaces disposed in differentplanes, and a reciprocating plunger carried by the key for engagingsuccessively the surfaces of said locking-bar, substantially as setforth.

19. In a cash-register, the combination with a registering mechanism, ofa lid for concealing said mechanism, a latch for locking-said lid, aregister operated by said latch, and means for locking the latch againstunauthorized operation'.

20. In a cash-register, thecombination with a registeringmechanism, ofalid for normally concealing the same, a latch for locking said lid, akey-lock for locking said latch against unauthorized operation, andmeans for recording the number of times the latch is 0perated.

21. In a cash-register, the combination with a registering-mechanism, ofalid fornor'mally concealing the same, a latch for locking said lid,means for recording the number of times the latch is operated, a lock,includingalockbolt, and means intermediate the lock-bolt and latch,whereby the latter may be locked against unauthorized operation.

22. In a cash-register, the combination with a series of keys, a seriesof tablets, a flashblind, a till and a movable cover, of means operatedby one or all of the keys for allowing the flash-blind to conceal atablet or tablets when exposed, and means operated by the cover toconceal the flash-blind and disclose an exposed tablet or tablets,substantially as set forth.

23. In a cash-register, the combination with a series of keys, of aseries of tablets, a flash for said tablets, a spring for drawing theflash up in front of the tablets, means for holding the flash down andmeans for releasing the flash upon the operation of any one of the keys.

24:. In a cash-register, the combination with a series of keys, of aseries of guards attached to the respective keys and each comprising aguard proper, and an angular extension arranged to project back of theadjoining guard, whereby the guards overlap but the front faces of thesame remain in substantially the same plane.

25. In a cash-register, the combination with a series of keys,indicators for the same, a flash for automatically concealing theindicators when released, means operated by any key for releasing theflash, a cash-receptacle, and means for resetting the flash when thecashreceptacle is exposed.

26. In acash-register, the combination with a series of keys, of aseries of indicators for the same, a cash-receptacle having a movablelid, means operated by said lid for elevating the indicators,aflasharranged, when released, to automatically conceal thcindicators, meansoperated by any one of the keys for releasing the flash, and devicesoperated by the indicator-elevating means for operating the flash.

27. In a cash-register, the combination with a money-receptacle having amovable lid, of a series of keys, a series of tablets arranged to be setfor operation by said keys, means for raising the tablets to indicatingposition, a flash for concealing the indicators, and means controlled bythe movable lid for operating the flash to expose the indicators.

28. In a cash-register the combination with a money-receptacle arrangedto be exposed at will, a series of keys, a series of indicators, a flashfor said indicators controlled by the keys, and means for moving theflash to expose the indicators when the cash-receptacle is exposed.

29. In a cash-register, the combination with a cash-safe having amovable member, a series of keys, and indicators for said keys, of aflash for said indicators controlled by said keys, and means for movingsaid flash by said movable member to expose the indicators.

30. In a cash-register, the combination with a cash-safe having amovable member, a series of keys, and indicators controlled by saidkeys, of a flash for said indicators controlled by said keys, and meansconnected with said movable member for moving said indicators to properindicating position and moving said flash to expose the indicators.

This specification signed and witnessed this 7th day of November, 1898.

FRANCIS C. OSBORN.

